Beckett of the University of London's Chelsea College pharmacy department cited the following ''ethical reasons'' why the steroids should be banned in sports: In addition to medical considerations, Dr. Athletes began using steroids in the late 1950's, and they have been widely used by athletes since the mid-1960's. Later, synthetic compounds were made to build body protein in underweight patients and those suffering from wasting diseases. The votes for suspension came from Western nations and the negative votes from Eastern.Įxperiments with testosterone, the male hormone on which anabolic steroids are based, were conducted in the 1930's.
The European Athletics Association voted by 8-6 to suspend them. For example, four Soviet male and female athletes and a Bulgarian women tested positively for steroids during the 1978 European track and field championships. When positive tests turn up, there is often disagreement on punishment. Privately, some say they use them because their opponents do, and they do not want to put themselves at a competitive disadvantage. Publicly, athletes deny using the steroids. He was registered at a hotel there, but his room telephone went unanswered all day. Until his suspension, Plucknett was scheduled to compete tonight in Dublin.
I don't want to go into details, but every year I add things and take out things.'' ''My whole training routine is different. Why had he improved almost 14 feet in a year? ''It's new confidence in my throwing and training,'' he said last Saturday before winning a major competition in Oslo with 226-2. I was tired from weight lifting and training.'' ''I know where I am physically and technically,'' he said, ''and this really shouldn't have happened now. Last year he made the Olympic team and also achieved his previous career best of 223-8, making him history's 11th-longest thrower.Īfter his first world record this year, he said he was surprised he had done so well. He is 6 feet 7 inches tall, weighs 300 pounds and has a reddish-brown beard. Plucknett, 27 years old, comes from Beatrice, Neb., and lives in San Jose, Calif. The world record now reverts to 233-5 by Wolfgang Schmidt of East Germany in 1978. Those performances include Plucknett's two world records - 233 feet 7 inches May 16 at Modesto, Calif., and 237-4 last Tuesday in Stockholm. Months may elapse between the first testing and the announcement of suspensions to allow further testing and to hear objections from the national federations of the athletes involved. Suspensions are for life, but the national governing bodies of the athletes involved are allowed to apply for reinstatement after 18 months, and the federation has always reinstated them.Īt many major international competitions, including the Olympics, medal winners and other athletes chosen at random are tested for use of anabolic steroids and other prohibited drugs. In 1975, track and field introduced enforcement procedures against the use of anabolic steroids. says it can detect steroid use within two months of testing. Outside track and field, they are widely used by weight lifters and body builders.Īthletes generally stop using them several weeks before a possible drug test, so that the drugs may clear the body and escape detection in testing.
Despite the ban, the steroids are widely used by male weight throwers (shot-put, discus throw and hammer throw), and to a lesser degree and in lesser amounts by female weight throwers and male and female runners.
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